Collar



I. M...-v'A'N'HEusEN.

COLLAR.

APPLIcATIoII FILED IAN. 31, I9I8.

Panted Sept. 14, 1920.

TT ORNE KS JOHN MANNING VANI-IEUSEN, F JAMAICA PLAIN, MASSACHUSETTS.

COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 14, 1920.

' Application filed January 31, 1918. Serial No. 214,640.

To a?? whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. vAN HEt'sEN, a citizen of the Fnited States, residing at No. 101 Robinwood avenue, Jamaica Plain, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collars, (C ase L12) and I do 'hereby declare the following to be a full, clear. and exact description of the invention. such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in soft folding or turn down collars made up of heavy fabric such as multiple-ply interwoven fabric. of uniform weave throughout.

In the production of soft or unstarched folding collars, it is desirable to give to the collar a certain stiffness without undue rigidity so that the collar will presenta smooth appearance without flimsiness, and also without undue rigidity.

According to the present invention, both the neck band and folding portions of the collar are made of a single piece of heavy fabric which has the desired stiness. and which is not modified in its weave to pro vide a fold line of increased flexibility. In such a collar it is desirable that the collar should fold along the fold line, and that the collar should be so constructed that this folding at the proper place will be provided for. l

According to the present invention, heavy fabric is provided with an added tape or band of appropriate thickness at the upper edge of the neck band. and this added band is of such width and thickness, and is so secured, that it will provide at the upper end of the neck band a portion of increased stiffness and thickness, so that the folding or turn down portion of thecollar will fold along the upper edge of the added tape or band.

' The invention will be further described in connection with the accompanying drawings illustrative thereof, in which Figure 1 shows in diagram the completed collar: Fig. 2 shows a section of the collar unfolded: Fig. 3 shows a similar section of the collar when folded: Fig. 4 shows the collar when unfolded: and Fig. 5 is an enlarged diagrammatic view showing the weave of the multiple-plv interwoven fabric.

In constructing the collar of the present invention the collar blank may be cut with curved edges of proper size from a straight plece of fabrlc woven of uniform weave throughout. To 'such a blank there may ythen be applied, at the upper edge of the neck band, the tape or band which provides the portion of increased thickness or stiffn ess and which serves to determine the fold lme between the neck band portion of the collar and the folding or turn down portion thereof. K

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that the collar is made up of the usual neck band portion l'and folding or turn down portion both of which have curved edges 2. '.Ilhe heavy fabric illustrated is of two ply interwoven fabric, the two plies being so interwoven as to form a unitary fabric of materially increased stiffness and rigidityT as compared with individual single plies of fabric which are not interwoven. This heavy fabric is .turned at its edges and a tape 5 is laid over the turned edge and stitched bv two rows of stitches 6, so that the edge is effectively held and bound by the tape and stitching. y'

In accordance with the present invention, a piece of tape or band 7 is secured near the upper edge of the neck band portion 1 of the collar. so that the upper edge of the tape or band 7 provides a portion of increased stiffness and increased thickness over which the folding or turned down portion 2 of the collar can be conveniently folded. The tape or band T is of relatively narrow width and is advantageously secured to the neck band portion of the collar by two or more rows of stitches 8. It will thus be seen that the folding portion 2 of the collar will tend to fall over the upper edge of the added piece of tape '7, and the fold line of the collar will be thereby determined.

In Fig. 3 of the drawing, the collar is Y shown in its folded form. From this figure it will be seen that the st-iffened upper edge of the neck band formed by the addition of the tape or band T causes the folding portion 2 of the collar to fold over'this edge, so that the proper shape and folding of the collar is thereby provided for. The collar in its unfolded and completed condition is illustrated in Fig. 4. From this figure it will be seen that the upper edge of the added tape 7 is curvilinear and conforms to the fold line of the collar. By weaving the fabric from which the tape 7 is cut or obsiness of the usual soft collars made up of single layers of fabric stitched together at their edges.l

The colf-lar of the present invention is in tended primarily as a soft or unstarc'hed collar; but it will be evident that starch may be added where it may be desired to produce a starched collar. Y

The weave of the heavy fabric can, of course, be varied and the material of which the different plies of the fabric are made,

can likewise be varied, for example, so thatv a finer or more pleasing layer of fabric -will appear on the outside of the collar than on the inside.

From Figi it will be evident that thel collar presents a complete and finished appearance comparable to that of the ordinary starched-l collar. This is due largely to the fact that the fabric is of stiff multiple-ply weave asdistinguished from the single starched layers of fabric of which the usual soft collar is made. It is due also in part to the added stiffness given by the tape 5 which provides a somewhat thickened and reinforced edge, but which is nevertheless hidden lfrom view except where the front tab shows at the front of the collar.

Although I have illustrated in Fig. of the drawings a multiple-ply fabric of only two plies 3 and 4, it will of course be understood that the heavy fabric may be composed of more than two interwoven plies and I have merely shown` and mentioned a two-ply interwoven fabricv by way of eX-. I ample.

tion of the collar and the folding portion v thereof.

2. A folding o'r turn down collar made up of multiple-ply interwoven fabric form ing both the neck band and folding portions of the collar, and a relatively narrow band of fabric having woven with its upper edge curvilinear and secured near the up` per edge of the neck band portion of the collar so as to provide a portion of increased thickness and stiffness at the curvilinear fold line formed thereby, between the neck band portion and folding portion of the collar.

3. A folding or turn down collar made up of multiple ply interwoven fabric having the edges of the neck band portion and the folding portion curved, and a relatively narrow band kof-fabric having a curved upper edge and secured near the upper edge of the neck band portion of the collar so as to provide a portion of increased thickness and stiffness at the curvilinear fold line formed thereby, between the neck band portion'and .the folding portion of the collar.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. JOHN MANN ING VAN HEUSEN. 

